Bridget Jones 'goes woke as Renee Zellweger's character in Mad About The Boy lectures others about consent and rejects compliments from men'
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Bridget Jones 'goes woke as Renee Zellweger's character in Mad About The Boy lectures others about consent and rejects compliments from men'

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Bridget Jones has been accused of going 'woke' in her return to the screen. The character first appeared in a column in The Independent and when author Helen Fielding released Bridget Jones' Diary in 1996, it quickly became a bestseller. It was adapted for the screen in 2001, and the sequel The Edge of Reason followed in 2004, and then Bridget Jones's Baby hit cinemas in 2016. Bridget Jones has been accused of going 'woke' in her return to the screen Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger, 55, has reprised her role as the unlucky-in-love singleton in the romcom Mad About The Boy And in the new movie, as seen by The Sun, Bridget shuns a compliment from a man at work who calls her 'hot'. Mad About The Boy will hit cinemas on Valentine's day and with the second word uttered in the flick being 'f**k', viewers should expect to see Bridget, who is played by Renee Zellweger, come back in full force The best-selling novel was adapted for the screen in 2001, and the sequel The Edge of Reason followed in 2004, and then Bridget Jones's Baby hit cinemas in 2016 In all iterations of the franchise, Bridget is known for her obsessive calorie counting, chain-smoking and love of wearing big knickers As the trailer unravels, Bridget's romance with Roxster heats up and the pair have 'mindblowing sex' after a date.

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